Use of sunlight to partially detoxify groundnut (peanut) cake flour and casein contaminated with aflatoxin B1.
Sunlight destroyed 83 and 50% of the toxin added to casein and groundnut cake flour, respectively. Equilibrium dialysis revealed that both casein and groundnut protein bind aflatoxin but the toxin bound to casein appeared more photo-labile than that bound to groundnut protein.
D016604:Aflatoxin B1; D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000528:radiation effects*; D010367:Arachis / Q000032:analysis*; D002364:Caseins / Q000032:analysis*; D003956:Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D005433:Flour / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D011485:Protein Binding; D013472:Sunlight
D000348:Aflatoxins; D002364:Caseins; D016604:Aflatoxin B1